The 12-0 vote is just the first step in a process that faces significant bureaucratic obstacles to make the November ballot, where the city’s voters would have the final say.

When George Floyd, a handcuffed Black man, died Monday after a white police officer pressed his knee into his neck for several minutes and ignored his ``I can't breathe'' pleas, Frey quickly expressed outrage and called for charges against the officer.

Based on the video, Mayor Jacob Frey said officer Derek Chauvin should be charged in the death of George Floyd.